Computer Software & Applications at Santa Clara University

What traits are you looking for in a computer software school? To help you decide if Santa Clara University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer software program.

SCU is located in Santa Clara, California and has a total student population of 8,616. Of the 1,656 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 2021, 7 of them were computer software and applications majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Software & Applications section at the bottom of this page.

SCU Computer Software & Applications Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Software

SCU Computer Software & Applications Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer software progam at SCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer software major at SCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Software & Applications. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Computer Software Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Most Popular Computer Software Applications Schools	299
Most Focused Computer Software Applications Schools	412

Computer Software Student Demographics at SCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer software majors at Santa Clara University.

SCU Computer Software & Applications Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 computer software majors earned their bachelor's degree from SCU. Of these graduates, 43% were men and 57% were women. The typical computer software bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at SCU since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer software bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's in computer software.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SCU also has a doctoral program available in computer software. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

Careers That Computer Software Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Santa Clara University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470
Graphic Designers	29,320	$61,100
Web Developers	20,170	$86,160
Database Administrators	10,970	$100,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Arnaudh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.